Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1920 — TABOO CANDY AND ICE CREAM [ARTICLE]

TABOO CANDY AND ICE CREAM

Indianapolis, May 13.—A period minus candy and ice cream soda is facing, the members of the housewives league of Marion county, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the organization yesterday in an effort to bring down the price of sugar and ■ increase the supply of abstaining from buying luxuries that contain sugar. “Whereas, the scarcity of sugar has become so acute as to menace the canning of fruits and vegetables during the coming season: “Therefore, 'be it resolved that, beginning with the fifteenth day of May, the members of the housewives league of Marion county, Indianapolis, Indiana, abstain from buying candies, soft drinks, ice cream and such other luxuries that require sugar in their preparation until there is a surplus created and an education in price. We appeal to the women of the state and nation to join us in this crusade against the high cost of living and profiteering.”